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The Art of Being Human was the name of a course I took many years ago during my freshman year in college. Since my last post was about the busyness of life and how we can find that to be an excuse, this post is about simply being and enjoying where we are on life’s Read More

Several times a week, I have the opportunity to present on a variety of topics to our client companies. Typically, I invite participants to identify one change they’d like to make as the result of my talk, write it down and share it with another person. Lately, a lot of people are asking a question Read More

Earlier this week, I attended an event where we examined failure. This is certainly not a topic that is often discussed. As we were talking about it, someone mentioned to me the old adage, Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard. When we think about goals, they can seem big Read More

If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you know I enjoy reading. Last weekend, I downloaded a new book to my Kindle app – The Secrets Leaders Keep: Insightful Stories And Provocative Questions That Unlock The Hidden Secrets To Winning Big In Business And Life by AmyK Hutchens. One of the stories Read More

In light of the country’s reaction to the recent election, I thought I’d share this quote from Jim Rohn, an American entrepreneur. You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. It is interesting how often people Read More

This is a Guest Post by: Tony Schnotala, MSW Intern – Leonard Street Counseling Center When you think about your life, what comes to mind? Do you reflect on your job, on how your day and week is largely structured around it? Perhaps you think about your family members and how your interactions with them affect your Read More

In my last post, I wrote about looking for the good in any situation. How have you been doing in the first few weeks of the New Year? It’s been my experience, when we want to make a change in how we respond to the events or people in our lives, we need to find Read More

What did you resolve to do on December 31? We can trace this practice back to ancient cultures and people like the Babylonians, who are said to have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions or the ancient Romans, whose reform-minded emperor, Julius Caesar, tinkered with the calendar and established January 1 as Read More

This time of year, we hear the pundits predict the future on subjects like the economy, the 2016 presidential election, or the super bowl (just to name a few). What are you predicting for 2016? I am not asking about your vision on a national level, but rather on an individual level. Many people think Read More

Why me? We’ve probably all asked ourselves this question at one time or another. Maybe it’s been in response to something like a fender bender, a child’s runny nose, or a co-worker who doesn’t like our idea. Or maybe it is something bigger like a traffic accident with injuries, a family member who is given Read More